Dobsinska Ice Cave , Slovakia
Dobsinska Ice Cave
Address: 049 71 Dobsinska Ladova Jaskyna
Description: Dobsinska Ice Cave is situated in the northern slope of the Duca hill, at the height of 969,5 m.
Dobsinska Ice Cave is a state-protected national monument, one of the scarcest and most remarkable natural phenomenons in Slovakia.
The cave was discovered in 1870 by a mining engineer E. Ruffinyi.
The length of the cave is 1232 m. The whole ice capacity is estimated to approximately 110 000 m3. The rooms of the cave iced up by repeating this cycle for many centuries.
In winter, the cold air to fall down and thus to cool off the inside rooms. In summer the warmer air cannot get into the cave - the average temperature inside stays bellow 0°C the whole year.